Sodium Bohr Rutherford Diagram

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Atomic number - 11
Atomic Mass - 23
Protons - 11
Neutrons - 23-11= 12
Electrons - 11
Period - 3
Group - 1 Alkaii metals.
Boiling Point - 1156K, 883⁰C or 1621⁰F
Melting Point -370.95K, 97.80⁰C or 208.04⁰F
Density - 0.971 g/cm
Volume 23.7 cm3 / mol
It is a metal. The colour of it is shiny white.
Sodium was discovered by Sir Humphry Davy in 1807. He discovered it by isolating pure sodium by using the electrolysis of caustic soda, in England.
Sodium is not flammable.
When Sodium is mixed with water it creates sodium hydroxide and hydrogen gas.
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Where I got my Information

http://homepages.ius.edu/GKIRCHNE/Chem.htm
http://www.webelements.com/sodium/chemistry.html
http://wanttoknowit.com/who-discovered-sodium/
http://www.theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/Stories/011.2/